Ziggy also knew that grabbing the beard was a decumbent (yeah I just gave a word a new definition because it sounded good) move. No self-respecting Belgian bantam would do that in a fight. Not a d’Anvers anyways.
“That’s low,” she growled as she was held in place. “One would expect it from a downy-digits like you...” she sneered, squirming away from the Frilly Millie’s face. Eventually she broke away—with the loss of a few striped beard feathers, which she mourned during a later date when her situation wasn’t so desperate— with a curse on the owl-footed freaks, but not without a few scratches as the spurs scratched her bare slate legs. She had little sensitivity there and hardly noticed, but she backed up when she saw her own blood on her legs.
Two scratches of her own to number, on her breast and her legs—and her poor beard—and none to be seen on Bandit. Clearly she needed an actual weapon. But she was too stupid to consider actually picking one up.